Chapter-by-Chapter Changes Chapter 1: New empirical research on role of examiner errors in producing distorted test scores New evidence of widespread cheating in high-stakes testing (school-system achievement testing, national certification exams) Chapter 2: Recent developments in evidence-based practice and outcomes assessment New material on history of personality testing Chapter 5: Expanded coverage of PASS theory (Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive) Highlights Cognitive Assessment System-II (Naglieri, Das, & Goldstein, 2012), a major test featuring PASS theory Chapter 6: Recent, fascinating findings Explores whether statistical tests of bias are themselves biased New research on impact of Head Start, fate of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and nature of cognitive decline in advanced age New Case Exhibit demonstrating impact of cultural background on test results Chapter 7: Testing Special Populations; new material includes coverage of the Devereaux Early Childhood Assessment--Clinical Form (DECA-C), and review of scales for screening Autism Spectrum Disorders. Reviews complex issue of screening for school readiness Chapter 8: Origins of Personality Testing; Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS), new scoring system for classic inkblot test Incorporates well-known State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) New material on value of ecological momentary assessment Chapter 9: New topic: stability and change in personality New instrument in longitudinal research: the Big Five Inventory (BFI) Increased coverage of spiritual and religious assessment, including review of ASPIRES scale (Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments, Piedmont, 2010), a promising measure of spiritual and religious variables Expanded review of creativity assessment Chapter 10: Neuropsychological Assessment and Screening, latest research on mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), along with review of controversies surrounding baseline testing of neurocognitive functioning in soldiers and athletes Coverage of recently revised Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (WMS-IV) Chapter 11: Most substantial revisions of this edition; new Topic 11B: Assessment for Career Development in a Global Economy, which reviews theories of career development and presents assessment approaches often useful in the global economy Chapter 12: Legal Issues and the Future of Testing; the impact of No Child Left Behind on assessment practices Computerized Assessment and the Future of Testing; presents recent approaches to assessment that employ virtual reality Speculates about potential impact of smart-phone revolution on near-future approaches to assessment.
Psychological Testing : History, Principles and Applications